Posted on 06/03/2019 3:29:08 PM PDT by ETL
An ivory chess piece purchased for less than $10 was recently identified as one of the missing Lewis Chessman, 900-year-old artifacts dating back to the Viking era, which could be worth over $1 million dollars.
The medieval chess piece was originally purchased for $7.50 by an antique dealer in Scotland in 1964.
It was passed down through his family, but they never realized its significance.
For many years it resided in a drawer in [my mothers] home where it had been carefully wrapped in a small bag, the family, who wished to remain anonymous, said in a statement obtained by the Independent.
The family brought the piece to Sothebys auction house in London for a free assessment, the BBC reported.
Sothebys said Monday it could go for between $670,000 and $1.26 million at auction.
The Lewis Chessmen are intricate, expressive chess pieces in the form of Norse warriors, carved from walrus ivory in the 12th century. ..."
A hoard of 93 pieces was discovered in 1831 on Scotland's Isle of Lewis.
It is now held in both the British Museum in London and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh but five of the chess pieces were missing.
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I had to look up what all the words meant. Finally did after about 15 years of knowing the song :)
WOW
yeah i never get embarrassed of saying I dont know something if I dont :)
NEVER heard of it and now I don’t know how.
When did it close?
I didn’t start hitting Manhattan until the early 90s
ROFL!!
I almost missed this post. That would have been awful :)
I saw the picture in the reply :)
GREAT scene!!
CANT IMAGINE killing someone like that BUT an attempt wasn’t made on my father’s life.
Well..not exactly...but that’s a story for another day.
And it was not mob related..though they DID get involved later on...but like I said...another day... :)
Right behind Keens in my steakhouse book is this Brazilian steakhouse ...I've NEVER eaten so much red meat in my life.
Why don’t I just @#$#ing move where you are and you can move here since you know A MILLION places it looks like :) that I have NEVER heard of!!
I worked in Manhattan. But I’m a Staten Island WOP :)
I know staten island :)
I am glad you had such great experiences at what looks like some wonderful places :)
I DID and DO like eating at Sheepshead Bay.
And in Bay Ridge sometimes.
But mostly a Staten Island boy at heart, even at 51.
The rest of the men in the family got out of here as soon as they could!
Now they all think they’re #$#$ing WASPS lol.
Surprised they don’t drink their Anisette with a pinky finger in the air :)
I don’t even know what film that is from.
Dr. Strangelove....Base Commander Jack D. Ripper
Staten Island is to New York City what the Vatican was to Italy during WWII. I haven't spent much time there but it's a decent area. All the nice places in Manhattan, in some ways, can't compete with a breakfast sandwich from a corner deli in Staten Island.
Also...my employer paid for all those steak dinners...I'd have to sell an organ to cover the tab if I did it myself.
As for Anisette, this is my preference:
...and my favorite Midtown Greek restaurant (thought...again..a NJ diner would suffice most of the time).
This incident inspired the Rolling Stones to write "Hey, Macleod, get off of my ewe!"
How the HELL did we get so far off topic?!?! :)
Another place I didn’t know that I had to look up!
NICE when the boss picks up great dinners :)
I got a 30 dollar allowance for meals when I worked more than 9 hours at an investment bank, which was often.
I would throw in another 20 or 30 sometimes to get something very nice.
I worked at Rockefeller Plaza and before that the Financial Center and before that the Beautiful Twin Towers.
Thanks Albion Wilde.
I used to love eating in Bay Ridge, before it changed to all Chinese or Arab.
Gino’s was great, La Sorrentina made great pies, Fiacco’s sold the best meats.
The bagels and pastries were so ggod, also...Bagel Boy, Bagelicious, Aunt Butchy’s, Steve’s Bagels, Villa Batte.
Ah well, those were the days!
See ya’,
Ed
Ok, that was funny!
I notice the ‘pawns’ appear to be headstones................
Hahahaha!! Perfect.
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